Donald Trump And Theresa May Hold Hands After Joint Press Conference

'It really is a special relationship!'

As questions hang in the air over how close a post-Brexit Britain and American under Donald Trump will be, the new president held hands with Theresa May held hands after their much-anticipated joint press conference.

A White House pool report said they held hands “very briefly” and Trump ignored questions as he spoke with May and they walked on the White House Colonnade on Friday.

A British photographer snapped the moment.

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It made some think the “special relationship” was in safe hands.

It really is a special relationship! Donald Trump and Theresa May walking outside the White House holding hands! pic.twitter.com/AsYcDVsugp

The moment followed their much-anticipated joint press conference - at which Trump said Brexit would be “a fantastic thing for the UK” and that the British/American relationship had proven “one of the great forces in history for justice and for peace”.

He also said he wanted a “quick” trade deal with Britain after it leaves the EU.

Aside an unusually subdued Trump, May also revealed that the Queen had invited Trump to visit Britain for a state visit later this year.

At the conference, British and American journalists put questions to the pair.